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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
11
Gallia records report Georgesa Creek School near Gallipolis burned last night, marking the fifth school building to burn in Guyan Township in four years. Probate Court of Athens County files list numerous estate accounts and hearings set for June 6 1934 with exceptions to be filed by then.
Athens state liquor store reports daily averages between $190 and $200, per manager Vic Pierce. Yesterday’s $65 sales were the lowest of the week, with expectations of increases today and tomorrow. store reopening extended to 9 30 tonight. Last Saturday sales reached $510.10 and April’s ten business days averaged $8.37, with stock valued at about $94,000 at retail.
Delinquent taxes totaling 392.70 are claimed due from A. B Johnson of Nelsonville. petition filed in Athens County Common Pleas by Assistant P A Gordon B Gray for Treasurer G D Gorham. Land taxes 3 720.42 and personal taxes 672.28. sheriff sale of the Trimble Township property sought.
Hogs receipts 1,000 with holdovers 450 show fair demand for 140 to 220 lb hogs and steady bulk sales from 160 to 220 lb at 4.06 to 4.10 dollars. Cattle receipts 10 nominal, calves 100 with top vealers at 7 dollars, sheep receipts 300 with better grade shorn lambs around 8.50 to 9.00 dollars and spring lambs absent. Toledo grain closes with wheat No. 2 around 0.24, corn No. 2 yellow 0.54 to 0.65, oats around 0.37 to 0.36, and cash seeds steady.
Edythe Atkins of 119 Princeton Road Cynwyd Pennsylvania is named as a party in a probate petition filed April 11 1034 in Athens Ohio. The Athens National Bank as Trustee seeks sale of real estate in Higgins and Roach Addition Athens to fund support and education for Alberta N Atkins deceased's minor children Edythe and Robert Atkins. Answer due by June 1934. Attorneys listed as Jones Erskine &.
New York May 18 stocks were dull and steady with most traders on the sidelines awaiting incentives. Minor profit taking appeared in leaders with limited declines. Union Pacific rose over a point to 123 while American Telephone eased to 115 and Consolidated Gas nudged up to 334.
Dun and Bradstreet daily weighted price index for 30 basic commodities, UCP. The May 16 figures show today 109.23, yesterday 108.66, week 109.66, month 105.29, with 1934 high 119.24 and low 101.05. Copyright 1934.
Athens County Probate Judge 8 M Johnson determines inheritance tax for F. J. Beasley at 879.42 with a net estate value of 40 721 777 subject to tax. Pidcock and Kasler estates declared not subject to tax. Alfred J Newell and Mary Louise Fiske named in application notices.
Market reports show eggs steady with extra whites 14 cents and firsts 14. Current receipts include henney whites at 17 cents. Butter near steady with extras 24 cents and standards 22 to 33 cents. Poultry markets list colored hens and leghorn hens by weight with prices from 6 to 24 cents. Potatoes in Florida 50 to 75 per barrel and various regional sacks priced. Hog dressed at 200.
Butter sales show 13 400 steady creamery specials with 93 score and 23 023 percent extras 92 with 22 percent. firsts 88 89 at 21 4 percent, seconds 86 87 at 21, standards 90 with centralized carrots 23. Exgs total 29 178 unedited. extra firsts ISN iG percent. fresh graded firsts b percent. current receipts MGidse. no egg sales.
A sale scheduled Saturday May 26 at 1.09 p m at farm 1 miles northwest of Dexter Ohio features Upplements led by Mrs Charles Nelson.
In Camden Abe Cole of Chicago, 205, defeated Dick Raines of Texas, 223, by straight falls. Other bouts report Jim Brown ing of Verona, Missouri, 236, beating Ging Garibaldi of Italy, 216, two falls to one. Jim McMillen of Chicago, 220, defeated Rudy Dusek of Omaha, 215, in 35:00 with Dusek hurt. Jim Leondon of St Louis, 202, beat Joe Maloewics of Utica, N Y, 200, in 47:58.
Mrs Martha Lovett of Monday is visiting for two weeks as guest of her daughter Mrs Carl Pettit.
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